A bicyclist in Brazil was hit by a passing truck on Monday, but was spared a potentially deadly injury when, unimaginably, a poorly secured mattress fell from the truck that hit him, beat the man to the ground and somehow cushioned his fall.

In a twist, the incident just happened to take place right in front of a driving school.

Security cameras in front of the driving school in Foz do Iguacu, in western Parana, Brazil, captured the entire incident.

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Luck: Luckily for the bicyclist, it was a mattress falling from a truck that caused his crash

This still shows the moment the bicyclist hit the speeding mattress, causing him to lose control of his bike

When he finally came to a stop, the bicyclist was safely on top of the mattress

Footage of the near-death experience has since gone viral, tallying more than one million views on Youtube.

According to the Brazilian website G1, the incident happened Monday afternoon on one of the busiest streets in the city.

The website reports that the unnamed bicyclist was uninjured in the bizarre collision.

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After the man gets up, he looks around for his bike and realizes it's underneath the mattress that broke his fall

Lucky to be alive: After the wreck, the man finds his bike under the mattress and rides off

'The boy was lucky and was not hurt because the mattress hit the bicycle
wheel and he fell sitting . But the accident could have been very
serious,' an official said.

'They [officials] heard a noise and found the boy 's bicycle who was
carrying the mattress and fell,' the owner of the driving school ,
Valdecir Trotz, said. 'Once the rider explained what had happened and saw
the pictures is what we understand. It was a shock.'